{"id":99393,"date":"2026-09-22T20:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=99393"},"modified":"2026-09-22T20:24:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:24:00","slug":"arab-news-iraq-suspends-iranian-flights-to-baghdad-after-us-sanctions-threat-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=99393","title":{"rendered":"Arab News | Iraq suspends Iranian flights to Baghdad after US sanctions threat, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>BAGHDAD: \u200cIraq ordered its civil aviation authority to suspend Iranian flights to Baghdad airport starting Wednesday, two \u200bsources told Reuters, after the United States threatened to sanction any airport that services Iranian carriers.<\/p>\n<p>US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday that all Iranian airlines would be shut down on September 23 by the threat of secondary \u200csanctions on air \u200cservices providers, seven months \u200binto \u200cthe \u2060war \u200bbetween the \u2060United States and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The Iraqi government is discussing diverting Iranian Airways flights from Baghdad to Najaf airport, two sources familiar with the matter said. 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